Tçnâ koe,

Thank you for contacting the Department of Internal Affairs.  You have
contacted us during the annual legislative closedown period of public
service OIA processing, which spans 24 December 2022 to 15 January 2023
(inclusive). 

During this period, all Official Information Act processing is suspended.

If you are making a new Official Information Act (OIA) request for
information held by the Department, we will respond to you after OIA
processing resumes on Monday the 16th January 2023.  You can check the
time limit for the Department’s response in the [1]Ombudsman’s OIA
Response Calculator. 

If you are contacting the Department about information that is held by a
different agency; a Minister; a District Health Board or a Local
Authority, you will receive your answer up to two weeks sooner if you
[2]request the information from them directly.  If you will be contacting
them directly, please take a moment to let us know that you are
withdrawing your request to the Department.

Nâku noa, nâ

 

OIA Performance and Practice team

Te Urûngi | Organisational Strategy & Performance

Level 6, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |
 [3]www.dia.govt.nz

 

 

 

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Tçnâ koe Najeeb,

Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs (included with this email). Your request was made during the annual legislative closedown period of public service OIA processing, which spans 25 December to 15 January inclusive.

The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days.  The 20th working day is 13 February 2023

Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website.  If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.

Nâku, nâ

Michelle Reed (she/her)  
Kaitohutohu Ârahi, te Ture Pârongo Ôkawa | Lead Advisor Official Correspondence 
Te Urûngi | Organisational Strategy & Performance
Level 6, 45 Pipitea St | PO Box 805, Wellington 6140, New Zealand |  www.dia.govt.nz

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Kia Ora Najeeb,

 

Thank you for your request for information under the Official Information
Act 1982.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Alastair Blaikie| Official Correspondence  
Te Pāhekoheko, Kāwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and
Operations 

Te Tari Taiwhenua  The Department of Internal Affairs 
7 Waterloo Quay, Wellington